................................. To leave Commie, hyper to http://commie.oy.com/commie_leaving.html ................................. > define the "greyzone". Which copyrighted material is not protected in > Finland that it's protected in the US of A. I am no expert on the matter but US and European (at least Finnish) copyright legistlation differ to some extent. Few points about the Finnish copyright law that I think differ from US (but I am not sure about this, so if someone knows better, lemme know): - Finnish law says that it's okay to use parts of other people's artwork if combined they produce a new piece independent of the source(s). I think this isn't so in the US. (I don't know whether there have been any court cases about sampling in this matter, but in the fine arts ("kuvataide") scene collage and readymade art have been branches that have tested the law..) - In Finland there are two artists' rights that _can not_ be sold or given away, being "isyysoikeus" (the right to be aknowledged as the creator of a piece of art) and "respektio-oikeus" (the right to take juridical actions if an artwork is used in a such a way that it insults the artist). I think that these can be sold in the US, but I'm not sure. -- "Betwixt decks there can hardlie a man catch his breath by reason there ariseth such a funke in the night..." - W. Capps, 1623 [EMAIL PROTECTED] legal notice: http://www.nutempo.com/message_legal.html
